Women Are Paying the Price for the War on Drugs, with Marie Nougier

Women are the fastest-growing prison population worldwide, often locked up for low-level drug offenses tied to poverty, coercion, or survival. In this minisode, Marie Nougier from the International Drug Policy Consortium talks about moving beyond punitive drug laws that harm women and what  compassionate, evidence-based alternatives could look like.Learn more about the International Drug Policy Consortium: idpc.net10-point plan: Gender-sensitive drug policies for women (2021):www.penalreform.org/resource/10-point-plan-gender-sensitive-drug-policies-for-women“No One Believed Me”: A Global Overview of Women Facing the Death Penalty for Drug Offenses:https://dpw.lawschool.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/No-One-Believed-Me-A-Global-Overview-of-Women-Facing-the-Death-Penalty-for-Drug-Offenses.pdf IDCP: Justice is setting them free: Women, drug policies, and incarceration in Latin America:​​https://idpc.net/publications/2023/11/justice-is-setting-them-free-women-drug-policies-and-incarceration-in-latin-america  To learn more about some of the issues touched upon in this episode, visit www.womenbeyondwalls.org/marieFollow Women Beyond Walls:On Instagram: instagram.com/womenbeyondwallsOn Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/women-beyond-walls/On BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4hfl72t7456bi2w2ocajb6c